Welcome to Letterwing

At Hachette Australia, we are proud to have published some of Australia's most celebrated, beloved and award-winning books. We have long championed Australian voices - discovering and nurturing new talent, backing bold ideas and standing behind stories that resonate here and travel beyond our shores.

Letterwing is the natural extension of that commitment. A dedicated publishing imprint brings our Australian books together under one roof, with a shared identity and a clear purpose: to send great Australian stories out into the world.

At Letterwing, we believe stories are meant to travel. They move between people, across borders, through time. They carry ideas, emotions and perspectives that connect us to something greater than ourselves.

Photo by Jason Luke

Our name

Our name comes from the Letter-winged Kite, a striking nocturnal bird found only in Australia, marked by distinctive black letter-shaped patterns on its wings - reflecting both the written word and the power of stories to travel, carried from writer to reader, and from one reader to the next.

Our colophon

Our colophon brings together two powerful symbols into one - the open book as wings spread widely. By fusing the motion of open pages with the distinct geometry of the Letter-winged Kite in flight, it captures the moment a story takes off and carries the reader somewhere new.

From different perspectives, you might see the letter L, the letter W, layered pages or outstretched wings - all resolving into one symmetrical, angled shape.

A message from our Publishing Director

For some time we have been thinking about what it would mean to give our Australian publishing a name of its own. Not a category. Not a tag. A real identity, with all the conviction and ambition that go with it. Letterwing is that.

It is a curated list. Selective in what it takes on, demanding about quality, working across fiction, non-fiction and children's. It backs debuts and stays with writers across the long arc of their careers. It champions diverse voices and stories that broaden who gets to be heard. Its books win prizes and find readers in Australia and overseas. The aim of Letterwing is to make the invisible visible: to put all of that under one name and behind one mark, and to give the work the confidence and reach it deserves.

Letterwing is the imprint we want to publish. We cannot wait to show you why.

Joel Naoum

If you would like to contact us directly, our general email address is letterwing@hachette.com.au